Wiretapping bills okayed after opposition walkout

Wiretapping bills okayed after opposition walkout

With members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party having walked out of the lower house's plenary session in protest, the House of Representatives approves June 1 a package of three bills that would allow wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.

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